Come on... Let's say he beats Lebedev (wich I don't believe) it would be his biggest win in many years, but it's a non title Cruiserweight bout.
Toney still won't be in HW contender status after that, so he has to beat another opponent first and with Toney's current activity it means the fight would happen no earlier as the end of 2012 (with James being 44 by then).

Toney would certainly get top-15 HW rating for some organizations, if he beats top-3 cruiserweight in the world and moves back up to HW.
So he wouldnt need to have an another match before the title shot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robney

The only reason Toney could hang in there with sub top Heavies until now is his technical ability, experience and incredible chin.
That's also probably the reason why people here see him beat a crude puncher like Lebedev, walking trough a couple of big shots that drop most guys from that weight and edging out a decision. Wich might be true, but now imagine him taking that shots from Wlad for 9 or 10 rounds. The man can't put together even one clear sentence now, what would such an onslaught do to the guy?

Wlad wouldn’t be able to hit him with his power punches cleanly and would be very cautious when he would fight counter puncher of Toneys caliber.
Toney would at least make it a closer fight, than most of the Wlads opponents could.

Of course fighting Povetkin for the title first would be better idea in my mind, than going straight to Wlad after Lebedev.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Elie Seckback beat the dogbreaks out of toney...toney has fundamentals and expireince but u cant use that old dusty ass shoulder roll with them aged azz reflexes...fukouttahere

Learn to understand boxing. Toney is cruising and having fun with a noobie in the gym and Seckback is finding it impossible to connect Toney.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Elie Seckback beat the dogbreaks out of toney...toney has fundamentals and expireince but u cant use that old dusty ass shoulder roll with them aged azz reflexes...fukouttahere

are you re****ed or just trolling? That fight wasn't even real. It was Toney being nice to the ****ing re****.

Toney will beat Lebedev, because Lebedev sucks. (Assuming he isn't weight drained)
If he fights Klitschko, (either of them) he gets a paycheck to retire on and get's half his remaining brain cells knocked out of his head.

Toney beats Lebedev easily. His best shot at a (just about) legitimate belt up at HW is to fight Povetkin. I'm a Toney fan but all his talk of wanting to face the "*****ko sisters" is just that: talk. In terms of size JT will simply be outgunned by either of them and he knows it. There is no way at this stage of his career he has the speed and reflexes to negate the massive height and reach advantage they have over him, he has no intention of ever fighting the K Bros...